Boat cleats for projects

[Jacobs976]

Have been looking at using boat cleats for tying off something in my office/shop for a bit and was curious if anybody has any projects they've done with them beyond their usual purpose.

Thought they were used in old theatres for basically everything like lights and curtains already and I like the idea of having something hanging and being able to adjust the angle or height using a pulley system with the cleats as tie offs.

 

[Squashfest81]

Not just for tying off.
My father used small cleats for door and drawer pulls at his beach house. I’ll grab pics tomorrow.

 

[uscarry45]

guys used to put on truck beds as tie off points

 

[RTM]

Two brass ones as weights for clamping projects.

 

[kbs2244]

tie off for rope going to ceiling bike lift

 

[Squashfest81]

Beautiful day at the beach, so I took a quick pic as promised above.

 

[Hellpig]

tie off for rope going to ceiling bike lift

Yup, I do same but for ceiling kayaks

 

[lardy1]

I have three 55 gallon drums on a wooden platform behind my shop for rain catchment. I use cleats to tie the drums off to the platform so the wind doesn't blow them around when they're empty.

 

[gahrajmahal]

Homemade tool box door pulls



Yea, the cabinet is pretty sturdy.

 

[Lumpy102]

I've done the drawer pull thing, they look very nautical but, guaranteed to snag your pocket, belt loop or anything else loose. ripped more than one pair of pants that way.